Today leading international experts on climate change, the IPCC, presented their latest report on the impacts of climate change on humanity, and what we can do about it. It’s a lengthy report, so we’ve shrunk it down to Oxfam's five key takeaways on climate change and hunger. 1. Climate change: the impacts on crops are worse than we thought Climate change has [...]

Each year, 30 percent of global food production is lost after harvest or wasted in shops, households and catering services. This represents 750 billion USD in terms of producer or farmgate prices, going up to almost a trillion US dollars of trade value of food every year – half the GDP of Italy!If nature asked us to pay the total [...]

At the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a new global challenge for world leaders and individuals from all sectors: create a world where no one is hungry. He emphasized that there is enough food in the world to feed our population, so the challenge comes from making sure that everyone has access [...]

Biodiversity for food and agriculture is among the earth’s most important resources. Biodiversity is indispensable: be it the insects that pollinate plants, the microscopic bacteria used for making cheese, the diverse livestock breeds used to make a living in harsh environments, the thousands species of fish, and other aquatic species in our lakes, rivers and oceans, or the thousands of [...]

Forests are one of the Earth’s greatest natural resources. There is a reason why we often figuratively speak of ‘the tree of life’; forests are key to supporting life on Earth. Eight thousand years ago, half of the Earth’s land surface was covered by forests or wooded areas. Today, these areas represent less than one third. Forests are home to 80% [...]

There can be no life without it, it feeds us and we are responsible for it! Soil is formed from rocks that are decomposed slowly by sun, the wind and the rain, by animals and plants. But it is in danger because of expanding cities, deforestation, unsustainable land use and management practices, pollution, overgrazing and climate change. The current rate [...]

They are delicious, they are nutritious and they make your mouth water.  If you know your apples from your oranges, then pit your wits against our fruit quiz. You will need to guess where different fruits come from, where they are most popular and how good they are for you. Let’s get started. 1. Which country is the biggest producer of dates? A.    [...]

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What do cucumbers, mustard, almonds and alfalfa have in common? On the surface it appears to be very little. However, there is one thing they do share: They all owe their existence to the service of bees. There is more to the tiny striped helper than sweet honey and a painful sting. For millennia, it has carried out its service [...]

In the varied and vital roles they play – as farmers, farm workers, entrepreneurs, caregivers and community leaders – rural women form the backbone of rural societies. Almost everywhere, they make crucial contributions to food production, food processing and marketing. Indeed, because women produce, process and prepare much of the food available, they are critical to the food security of [...]

The oceans have it all: from microscopic life to the largest animal that has ever lived on Earth, from the colourless to the shimmering, from the frozen to the boiling and from the sunlit to the mysterious dark of the deepest parts of the planet. Oceans are an essential component of the Earth's ecosystem -- a source of biodiversity, food, and [...]

Soil is where it all begins. Few people know that soils are a non-renewable resource. It takes over 1000 years to make 1 cm of soil. This means that in our lifetime, all the soil we see is all there is.

When approaching the small house, Hanen can be seen laughing with her family in the yard. Hanen is a 25-year-old biologist living in Ouled Taleb, Siliana, one of several areas in North West Tunisia that are particularly hard-hit by unemployment, low income and high rates of migration. Hanen comes from a poor rural family, who invested in their children’s education [...]

The digital revolution has changed the way we work, access information and connect with each other. It offers opportunities to those who can use the new technologies, but also presents new challenges for those who are left behind. Often referred to collectively as Information and Communications Technologies or ICTs, these technologies are any method of electronically sharing or storing data: telephones, [...]

An independent survey finds that although NPS's annual budget is around $3 billion, Americans are willing to pay much more

A digital-savvy historian discusses his popular @HistOpinion Twitter account

After the Napoleonic Wars caused a shortage of British Oak, frigate builders looked all over the empire for an alternative. They found one in India

Lead decontamination policies enacted in August are now in conflict with measures to prevent spread of COVID-19

If Perseverance doesn’t launch this year, it will have to wait until 2022

The planet's temperatures spike around the latitudes where auroras show up

In the wild, only about one in 20 caterpillars grows up to be a butterfly

New research indicates that Iron Age Britons venerated brown hares and chickens long before modern Easter celebrations

This eruption is the longest since 2018 when the volcano caused a deadly tsunami

Though not as plentiful as the Perseids in summer, the Lyrids can serve up some serious fireballs

Blossoms contort and twist back into optimal pollination position after getting bumped and battered

The "lost" apples will help restore genetic, culinary diversity to a crop North America once produced in astonishing variety

'The break in the scientific record is probably unprecedented,' one ecologist says

The snazzy search is part of the telescope’s 30th anniversary celebration

The ancient throwing stick may have been used by Neanderthals or an even earlier hominin

By building a new broch, the project aims to better understand how and why the original structures were constructed

Buried in a mass grave in Mexico City, the trio may have been part of the first generation abducted from their homeland and brought to the New World

The ancient Egyptian girl was only 15 or 16 years old when she died

From pregnancy to birth and beyond, mothers, both animal and human, show off some amazing skills

From doodle sessions to zoo tours, here's a week of online activities to keep your kids learning during the school shutdown

Authors, scientists and others are offering fun livestream lessons and performances to keep kids engaged during isolation

Tulips, cherry blossoms and orchids supply a ray of hope during self-isolation

Learn hip-hop dance or do citizen science without leaving home this week, thanks to the internet's many intrepid artists and educators